合肥话

Hefei Mandarin

Sinitic (Mandarin, Jianghuai / Hongchao 洪巢片)

FamilySinitic (Mandarin, Jianghuai / Hongchao 洪巢片) Speakers~5M ScriptHan characters CountriesChina (Hefei urban area, central Anhui) Official inNo (regional; standard Mandarin is official) ISO 639-3cmn Glottocodehefe1240

Hefei (合肥话) is a Jianghuai Mandarin variety of the Hongchao subgroup, spoken by ~5M in the capital of Anhui province. Like other Jianghuai varieties (Nanjing, Yangzhou), it preserves the medieval Chinese entering tone (入声) as a short syllable ending in a glottal stop [ʔ] — a feature lost in all of the Northern Mandarin heartland. It also exhibits the characteristic Jianghuai merger of /n/ and /l/ initials, and a 5-tone system (yin-ping, yang-ping, shang, qu, ru). Hefei sits at the interface between Mandarin to the north and Wu to the south, on the historical Huai River boundary.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Hefei Mandarin

Water

/ʂueɪ˨˦/

Fire

/xuo˨˦/

Sun

日头

/ʐəʔ˦tʰəu˥˥/

Moon

月亮

/yɛʔ˦liaŋ˥˧/

Mother

妈妈

/ma˨˩˨ma/

Father

/tie˨˩˨/

Eat

/tʂʰəʔ˦/

Drink

/xəʔ˦/

Love

/æ˥˧/

Heart

/ɕin˨˩˨/

Tree

/ʂu˥˧/

House

/uʔ˦/

Dog

/kəu˨˦/

Cat

/mau˥˥/

Hand

/ʂəu˨˦/

Eye

/ian˨˦/

Hello

你好

/lɿ˨˦xuo˨˦/

Thank you

谢谢

/ɕie˥˧ɕie˥˧/

One

/iʔ˦/

Good

/xau˨˦/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Sinitic (Mandarin, Jianghuai / Hongchao 洪巢片) languages

Meaning Hefei MandarinKaifeng MandarinZhongyuan MandarinJin (Shanxi)Nanjing MandarinWuhan MandarinHui Chinese
Water /ʂueɪ˨˦/ /ʂuei˥˧/ /suei˥˥/ /sueɪ˥˧/ /ʂueɪ˨˩˨/ /suei˨˩˧/ /ɕy˦˦/
Fire /xuo˨˦/ /xuo˥˧/ /xuo˨˩˧/ /xuo˥˧/ /xuo˨˩˨/ /huo˨˩˧/ /xu˦˦/
Sun 日头 /ʐəʔ˦tʰəu˥˥/ 日头 /ʐəɻ˧˩˨tʰou˦˨/ 太阳 /tʰai˨˩iaŋ˨˩˧/ 日头 /ʐəʔ˥˦tʰəu˩/ 太阳 /tʰɛ˦iaŋ˩˧/ 太阳 /tʰai˥˧iaŋ˨˩˧/ 日头 /ʐɨ˨˦tʰəu/
Moon 月亮 /yɛʔ˦liaŋ˥˧/ 月亮 /yɛ˦˨liaŋ˧˩˨/ 月亮 /yɛ˨˦liaŋ/ 月亮 /yəʔ˥˦liɔ̃˩/ 月亮 /yʔ˥liaŋ˦/ 月亮 /yɛ˨˩˧liaŋ/ 月光 /yo˨˧kuaŋ˨˦/
Mother 妈妈 /ma˨˩˨ma/ /ma˨˦/ 妈妈 /ma˨˦ma/ 妈妈 /ma˩ma/ 姆妈 /m̩˧˩ma˧˩/ 妈妈 /ma˨˩˧ma/ /ma˧˧/
Father /tie˨˩˨/ /tiɛ˨˦/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/ 爹爹 /tie˩tie/ /tie˧˩/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/ /pa˦˦/
Eat /tʂʰəʔ˦/ /tʂʰʅ˨˦/ /tʂʰʅ˨˦/ /t͡sʰəʔ˨/ /tʂʰʅʔ˥/ /tʂʰʅ˥˥/ /t͡ɕʰi˨˦/
Drink /xəʔ˦/ /xɤ˨˦/ /xɤ˨˦/ /xəʔ˨/ /xəʔ˥/ /xo˥˥/ /xa˨˦/
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Han readings compared

Character Hefei MandarinJin (Shanxi)Datong JinJianghuai MandarinNanjing MandarinTianjin MandarinLanyin Mandarin
yiq⁴ /iʔ˦/ ieh² /iəʔ˨/ ieh⁴³ /iəʔ˦˧/ yiq⁵ /iəʔ˥/ yiq⁵ /iʔ˥/ yi²¹ /i˨˩/ yi¹³ /i˩˧/
er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/ er⁴⁵ /ɚ˦˥/ er⁴⁵ /ɚ˦˥/ er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/ er⁴⁴ /ɚ˦˦/ er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/ er¹³ /ɚ˩˧/
san²¹ /sæ̃˨˩/ san¹¹ /sæ̃˩˩/ san³¹ /sæ̃˧˩/ san³³ /sã˧˧/ san³¹ /sã˧˩/ san²¹ /sɑn˨˩/ san³¹ /sã˧˩/
si⁵³ /sɿ˥˧/ si⁴⁵ /sɿ˦˥/ si⁴⁵ /sɿ˦˥/ si⁵¹ /sɿ˥˩/ si⁴⁴ /sɿ˦˦/ si⁵³ /sɿ˥˧/ si¹³ /sɿ˩˧/
wu²⁴ /u˨˦/ u⁵³ /u˥˧/ u⁵³ /u˥˧/ wu³⁵ /u˧˥/ wu²¹² /u˨˩˨/ wu¹³ /u˩˧/ wu⁴⁴² /u˦˦˨/
luq⁴ /lɤʔ˦/ lueh⁵ /luəʔ˥/ lueh⁵⁴ /luəʔ˥˦/ liuq⁵ /liuʔ˥/ loq⁵ /loʔ˥/ liu⁵³ /liou˥˧/ liu¹³ /liou˩˧/
ciq⁴ /tsʰəʔ˦/ qhieh² /tɕʰiəʔ˨/ qhieh⁴³ /tɕʰiəʔ˦˧/ ciq⁵ /tsʰiəʔ˥/ ciq⁵ /tsʰiʔ˥/ qi²¹ /tɕʰi˨˩/ qi¹³ /tɕʰi˩˧/
baq⁴ /paʔ˦/ pah² /paʔ˨/ pah⁴³ /paʔ˦˧/ baq⁵ /paʔ˥/ baq⁵ /paʔ˥/ ba²¹ /pa˨˩/ ba¹³ /pa˩˧/
jiu²⁴ /tɕiɯ˨˦/ jieu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jieu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jiu²¹² /tɕiɤu˨˩˨/ jiu²¹² /tɕiəu˨˩˨/ jiu¹³ /tɕiou˩˧/ jiu⁴⁴² /tɕiou˦˦˨/
siq⁴ /səʔ˦/ seh⁵ /səʔ˥/ seh⁵⁴ /səʔ˥˦/ sheq⁵ /ʂəʔ˥/ seq⁵ /ʂəʔ˥/ shi⁴⁵ /ʂʐ̩˦˥/ shi⁵³ /ʂʅ˥˧/
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